for grades: 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Paleontology
This program is science exploration at its best! Your program begins with an interactive presentation about clues that living things have left behind from millions of years ago. Students will learn how scientists read the stories in the rocks … genuine fossils of sea life and dinosaurs will highlight the discussion. Next, we will head to our dinosaur excavation site with a trowel, brush and ruler in hand! Teams of students become paleontologists in this authentic science experience as they excavate a full size replica of a dinosaur skeleton. Data is collected by each team and recorded on a large grid. Based on the completed data grid, they look for answers to how the dinosaur moved, what it ate and what it might have looked like, to figure out the species.
* NOTE: When presented in your classroom, instead of the excavation we introduce your students to a live predecessor and a live descendant of those extinct giants, utilizing the Museum's live animal collection!
Concepts presented in this program include:
Paleontology
Fossil formation: mold-and-cast, impression and permineralization
Measurement and scale drawing
as a field trip
Program Length: 90 minutes
45 minute presentation
35 minute dinosaur excavation
10 minute summary and clean-up
Picnic area available upon request
Program Cost: $200 for up to 25 students & 5 parent chaperones. Staff is free.
Location: Outdoor Discovery Center
(120 Muser Dr. Cornwall, NY 12518)
in the classroom
Program Length: 45 minutes
Program Cost:
$225, plus travel fee, for the first program.
$200 for each additional program on the same day
Large Audience Presentation
Program Length: 60 minutes, depending on age group
Program Cost: $375, plus travel expense, for up to 60 students
Call for more information 845-534-5506 ext 209